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Halton Master Transportation Plan
Halton Region proposes a grid style plan for 2031 that will dissect Oakville's last remaining green spaces.
The proposed road network will cut across Sixteen Mile Creek twice (James Snow Parkway and Burnhamthorpe) as well as Bronte Creek.
Link to view: Transportation Master Plan to 2031 - The Road to Change
Send your comments to the consultants preparing the study: Alvaro Almuina, P. Eng at GHD alvaro.almuina AT ghd.com
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| Halton Master Transportation Plan - proposed road network |
Halton Region proposes a grid style plan for 2031 that will dissect Oakville's last remaining green spaces.
The proposed road network will cut across Sixteen Mile Creek twice (James Snow Parkway and Burnhamthorpe) as well as Bronte Creek.
Link to view: Transportation Master Plan to 2031 - The Road to Change
Send your comments to the consultants preparing the study: Alvaro Almuina, P. Eng at GHD alvaro.almuina AT ghd.com
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| Sixteen Mile Creek at Glenorchy |
Burnhamthorpe Road extension across Sixteen Mile Creek
Help us stop the extension of Burnhamthorpe across Sixteen Mile Creek, through the most intact portion of Oakville’s Natural Heritage System and through the wetlands of Glenorchy Conservation Area
Plans by Halton Region to extend Burnhamthorpe Road will cause great damage to our natural areas in north Oakville. Please let politicians know this is NOT acceptable.
Friends of Glenorchy and OakvilleGreen have been trying to convince politicians to kill this planned new Regional Road but we need your help.
Unless citizens speak up in numbers, politicians will rubber stamp this new four lane road that will destroy large areas of intact forest in Oakville’s Natural Heritage System, cause severe damage to the banks and bed of Sixteen Mile Creek as another crossing is built over it and decimate significant wetlands in the new Glenorchy Conservation Area near Bronte Road.
Please take a moment to send a letter like the one below to the listed politicians.
Dear Chair Carr, Mayors and Councillors:
I'm writing today to express my objection to the planned extension of Burnhamthorpe Road through Glenorchy Conservation Area and the surrounding ANSI (Area of Natural and Scientific Interest).
Another crossing of Sixteen Mile Creek, a 4-lane road through intact forest in Oakville’s NHS and the destruction of a significant portion of Glenorchy Conservation Area is simply unacceptable to the citizens of this community.
It is easy to say we are for protecting the environment and much harder to put it into practice. We expect you to put the environment first in this case and say NO to the Burnhamthorpe extension.
Sincerely,
(Your name and address here)
Send to the Regional Chair and Oakville Mayors and Councillors at these email addys:
gary.carr@halton.ca, mayor@oakville.ca , ward1@oakville.ca, ward1@oakville.ca, ward1@oakville.ca, ward2@oakville.ca, ward3@oakville.ca, ward4@oakville.ca, ward5@oakville.ca, ward6@oakville.ca
Plans by Halton Region to extend Burnhamthorpe Road will cause great damage to our natural areas in north Oakville. Please let politicians know this is NOT acceptable.
Friends of Glenorchy and OakvilleGreen have been trying to convince politicians to kill this planned new Regional Road but we need your help.
Unless citizens speak up in numbers, politicians will rubber stamp this new four lane road that will destroy large areas of intact forest in Oakville’s Natural Heritage System, cause severe damage to the banks and bed of Sixteen Mile Creek as another crossing is built over it and decimate significant wetlands in the new Glenorchy Conservation Area near Bronte Road.
Please take a moment to send a letter like the one below to the listed politicians.
Dear Chair Carr, Mayors and Councillors:
I'm writing today to express my objection to the planned extension of Burnhamthorpe Road through Glenorchy Conservation Area and the surrounding ANSI (Area of Natural and Scientific Interest).
Another crossing of Sixteen Mile Creek, a 4-lane road through intact forest in Oakville’s NHS and the destruction of a significant portion of Glenorchy Conservation Area is simply unacceptable to the citizens of this community.
It is easy to say we are for protecting the environment and much harder to put it into practice. We expect you to put the environment first in this case and say NO to the Burnhamthorpe extension.
Sincerely,
(Your name and address here)
Send to the Regional Chair and Oakville Mayors and Councillors at these email addys:
gary.carr@halton.ca, mayor@oakville.ca , ward1@oakville.ca, ward1@oakville.ca, ward1@oakville.ca, ward2@oakville.ca, ward3@oakville.ca, ward4@oakville.ca, ward5@oakville.ca, ward6@oakville.ca
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friends of Glenorchy needs support
Friends of Glenorchy needs support
Do you know where Glenorchy is? Close to the great bends in the Sixteen Mile Creek valley as the waters flow from Milton to Oakville is the site of the historic hamlet of Glenorchy.
The recently-formed Glenorchy Conservation Area embraces 400 hectares of environmentally-sensitive lands in this vicinity, stretching roughly from Neyagawa Blvd. to Bronte Rd. The Oakville Natural Heritage System and the Halton NHS afford additional protection here and nearby. We appreciate the efforts of the council members who worked to establish this protection for nature.
Environmental groups fought hard for years to secure connected areas of forest, field and stream so that nature can have a place to prosper in Oakville. Unfortunately the Region of Halton is disregarding these essential connections and planning to slash both Burnhamthorpe Road and the James Snow Parkway through the valley and the conservation area.
We believe in protecting these lands as an intact sanctuary for nature rather than breaking them into fragments with costly and unnecessary roads. We call on council candidates to support nature close to home by opposing the extension of these roads through the majestic Sixteen Mile Creek valley. We call on voters to consider the candidates’ environmental records and platforms carefully and check their responses to the VoteSmart survey (http://environmentaldefence.ca/campaigns/vote-smart) before casting a vote.
– Friends of Glenorchy
http://fog-friendsofglenorchy.blogspot.com/
Do you know where Glenorchy is? Close to the great bends in the Sixteen Mile Creek valley as the waters flow from Milton to Oakville is the site of the historic hamlet of Glenorchy.
The recently-formed Glenorchy Conservation Area embraces 400 hectares of environmentally-sensitive lands in this vicinity, stretching roughly from Neyagawa Blvd. to Bronte Rd. The Oakville Natural Heritage System and the Halton NHS afford additional protection here and nearby. We appreciate the efforts of the council members who worked to establish this protection for nature.
Environmental groups fought hard for years to secure connected areas of forest, field and stream so that nature can have a place to prosper in Oakville. Unfortunately the Region of Halton is disregarding these essential connections and planning to slash both Burnhamthorpe Road and the James Snow Parkway through the valley and the conservation area.
We believe in protecting these lands as an intact sanctuary for nature rather than breaking them into fragments with costly and unnecessary roads. We call on council candidates to support nature close to home by opposing the extension of these roads through the majestic Sixteen Mile Creek valley. We call on voters to consider the candidates’ environmental records and platforms carefully and check their responses to the VoteSmart survey (http://environmentaldefence.ca/campaigns/vote-smart) before casting a vote.
– Friends of Glenorchy
http://fog-friendsofglenorchy.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Bird sightings for Sunday, October 1, 2010
The following birds were sighted in Glenorchy Conservation Area on 10/10/2010:
Pileated Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow (in large numbers)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Northern Cardinals
Great Blue Herons (2)
Unidentified Hawk
Hermit Thrush
American Robins
Black-capped Chickadees
Downy Woodpecker
Unidentified Warbler
Chipping Sparrows
American Crows
Blue Jays
Canada Goose
Dark-eyed Juncos
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Birds in Glenorchy: Sightings from June 17 and 20, 2010
The following birds were observed in Glenorchy Conservation area on two separate occasions (the evening of June 17 and the morning of June 20)
Thursday, June 17th:
Indigo Buntings,
Cardinals, Hummingbirds, Catbirds (3 or more calling to each other), Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (and their nest), a Pileated Woodpecker, Robins, Cedar Waxwings, Song Sparrows (and their nest), multiple House Wrens with their young,
Great-Crested Flycatcher,
Eastern Phoebe, Yellow Warblers, Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, and the Common Yellowthroat.
Sunday June 20th:
Many Chickadees, including numerous fledglings, Eastern Wood-Pewee, several male Common Yellowthroats, Red-tailed Hawk (being chased by other birds),
Eastern Phoebe, Song Sparrows, male Indigo Buntings, juvenile or female Baltimore Oriole, Belted Kingfisher, Turkey Vultures, unidentified possible Sandpiper flying overhead.
In addition to the birds, there are many flowers, plants and insects in the area.
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